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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Maria's Pork Schnitzel with Oma Philomena's Potato Salad

Submitted by Kathy Lochwin

Maria is my partner Brad's second
cousin. When Brad's Oma Philomena came to Canada from Austria she had
no idea that her cousin Maria lived here until she received a
surprise phone call from her one day. It was quite a reunion!

Slice into approximately 9 pieces each.
You will find this easier to do if the tenderloins are slightly
frozen.

Pound each piece down to schnitzel
thickness.(I make them quite thin, they cook more quickly and you get
more bang for your buck.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Beat around 4 eggs in a bowl (adding a
little Maggi into your egg mixture if you like) and prepare another
two plates with bread crumbs and flour.

Pour about 1 1/2 to 2 inches of cooking
oil into a frying pan (or two) and heat over medium-high heat.

Place each piece of pork into flour,
egg, then bread crumbs and fry till golden brown.

If batch cooking, have your oven set at
around

200 and place on baking sheet inside to keep warm.

If freezing to for later, do not cook
just freeze after flour/egg/breadcrumb procedure, placing the
battered pork in parchment paper.

Serve with lemon wedges.

This goes perfectly with Oma
Philomena's potato salad.

To make this, cut and boil some
potatoes. You can use any kind (though not russet.)

Boil until fork tender in salted water.
Drain and place in a large shallow dish.

Pour vinegar over the cooked potatoes.
If you can, use All Seasoned Vinegar which you can find at Central
European grocery stores. Or use a combination of Malt and Red wine
vinegar (the malt really adds to the flavour!)

Be sure to use a healthy amount. You
want the potatoes to bathe in the vinegar and an equal amount of
extra virgin olive oil. (You can play with this ratio, its more of an
eyeballing kind of thing) Slice some red onion and add(green can be
substituted) and toss.

Let this mixture cool in the fridge for
several hours. Keep tossing it every hour or so to get a nice even
soaking.

Before serving add salt and fresh
pepper.

This is one of my family's favourite
things to make. It is very affordable, (especially if you get the
pork on sale). You can make all this for well under 15 dollars. 20
pork schnitzels and a massive potato salad.

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